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Constitutional Law

Aug. 28, 2000

Insatiable Federal Appetite

By John C. Eastman. Our nation's founders feared that the consolidation of power in a central government would be dangerous to the liberty of us all, so they gave the national government power over those matters that could only be addressed at the national level. The regulation of a local dump, which is the focus of a case now pending before the Supreme Court, is not remotely such a matter.

        By John C. Eastman

        Our nation's founders feared that the consolidation of power in a central government would be dangerous to the liberty of us all, so they gave the national government power over those matters that could only be addressed at the national level. The regulation of a local dump, which is the focus of a case now pending before the Supreme Court, is no...

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